21.   According to the Chinese Ministry of Health, there has been a rapid increase in the number of people who are HIV positive.

22.   After the economic boom ended, it suffered a rapid increase of bad loans.

23.   Albania has seen a rapid increase in its domestic fuel consumption since emerging from decades of economic backwardness under Communism.

24.   Almost invariably in large cities, sex industries arise and multiple-partner sex becomes more common, prompting rapid increases in sexually transmitted disease.

25.   But Condit said rapid increases in employment and parts requirements have hurt productivity at Boeing plants and some suppliers.

26.   China is experiencing a rapid increase in air travel and needs to replace old Russian-made passenger planes.

27.   Clinton insisted Thursday that maintaining normal trade relations with China is in U.S. interests because of a rapid increase in U.S. exports to China.

28.   He said Health Department statistics show a marked decrease in rabies in the area since the campaign began to counter a rapid increase in the virus in South Texas.

29.   Health Department statistics show that the most rapid increase in the rate of HIV infection within the county is now among women.

30.   In the U.K., trading conditions slowed considerably in the second half, after a rapid increase in first-half profits, said Lancaster.